Editing C. C. Catch (section)

==Early life==

[[File:CCCatch2.JPG|thumb|C. C. Catch in 1989]]

C. C. Catch was born in the Netherlands to a Dutch mother and a German father and moved to [[West Germany]] in the late 1970s with her family.<ref name="Allmusic: C.C. Catch (Biography)"/> She was supported by her parents from an early age, when they recognised her talent and encouraged her wish to be a famous singer. Her father was especially supportive and played a very important role in her successful career as her manager and tour-manager.<ref name="Stern.de: C.C. Catch"/>

From an early age, the up-and-coming singer took part in talent contests and was originally a member of the German girl quartet Optimal, which consisted of four female members.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oyla14.de/userdaten/903/46955/bilder/OptimalDsseldorfBoot1984.jpg |title=Flotter vierer |year=1984 |publisher=Düsseldorfer EXPRESS |accessdate=20 April 2013|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://optimal.oyla14.de/cgi-bin/hpm_homepage.cgi?skip=90346955|title=Die Ultimative Optimal Homepage|publisher=optimal.oyla14.de |accessdate=16 June 2014|language=de}}</ref>